Thank You, Holly Mann For 'No Thank You, Rich Jerk'
Holly Mann has done it again. She made a book with funny, relatable, and often tear-jerking personal essays. This quirky compilation of unedited thoughts was captured in her Twitter account every day for two years.
Day 2485: Chris Christie was so mean to me today I wanted to punch him in the throat — Holly Mann (@holly_mann) November 18, 2016
This is an insightful compilation of everyday life observations that will make you chuckle, feel sorry for herself and then make you think about how anyone can be strong when they need to be.
The book is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. But it's free online if you want to read a sample before you buy.
This is Mann's third book, the other two being: Holly Mann, Not Holly Mann and How to Build a Girl You'll Love. You can get her in-depth interviews and articles right here at The Daily Bell.
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Want an example? Here's one of my favorite essays: "Why I Don't Date Millennials.
Break: Because I think millennials are the worst. In fact, I am going to write a book about how millennials are the worst and I’m going to call it No Thank You, Rich Jerk.
The "Rich Jerk" refers to anyone who is successful, rich and arrogant about it. And there are a lot of them around these here parts ... rich jerks with entitlement issues who don’t appreciate that we live in a country where they can make all the money they want when they want and where we aren’t constantly getting bombed because of their religious beliefs.
I’m kidding. I love America and I don’t think religion is a problem as long as we don’t use it to oppress people (see: ISIS, Saudi Arabia, etc.). I also don’t think that rich jerks need to be crucified by their own money. But they do need to pay their fair share of taxes which is a completely different issue.
In any event, millennials are the worst because they are so entitled, so self-absorbed, so narcissistic, so lazy and probably so stupid that they haven’t read a book since middle school. Here are ten reasons why: ... "
Holly Mann's Twitter page is funny too. She does a great job of presenting both sides of an issue. For example, she'll give an opinion and then immediately backpedal and qualify it with, "Just my opinion."
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I'm not going to lie, I think millennials are the worst too. But only because they're so full of themselves; huge egos that don't know how to scale them down. My former self was extremely hypocritical in that regard. I actually had a college professor tell me at one point, "You're your own worst enemy." This was after I threw my fit when they changed the rules on an assignment and made everyone re-do it.
I didn't like what I heard and I certainly didn't like the truth of the statement. But it was true nonetheless. I was my own worst enemy. This is not a millennial trait, just a human one that everyone has to learn to deal with at some point in their lives. There is no cure, it's all on us as individuals to manage it as best we can.
I'd like to point out that I'm not hating on millennials, though. I'm really not. There are a lot of them that are brilliant, caring and gracious. There are also a lot of boomers who are assholes. Singer Paul Anka is probably the best example of this.
One thing that's interesting about millennials is they don't respond to authority figures very well at all. They want everything to be fair and they're incredibly sensitive to being misunderstood or being told what to do at work or home or church or wherever they might be living at the moment.
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In a sense, this is what makes them so easy to manipulate. They're so concerned about being fair that they'll listen to people who tell them what they want to hear. This is a double-edged sword since some of these people are con artists and political predators. That's a slippery slope to go down and millennials are falling over themselves doing it.
The ability to distinguish between genuine advice from non-genuine advice is one of many skills everyone needs as they mature through life. As long as we can keep that ability, we have the opportunity and freedom to teach others how it works.
The first step is to not buy into everything people say at face value. It's important to put your own common sense and instincts in front of what anyone else might be saying.
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I don't think any of this is mean-spirited on my part. I'm just stating facts and giving an opinion that I believe in that I feel good about sharing with anyone who will listen. The most important thing we have as humans though is our ability to learn from our mistakes and evolve as time goes on.
What do you think? Leave your comments below.
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The Daily Bell is running our "Holly Mann in Conversation" series for the month of January. The first installment was about her new book. For more info, see here . . . .
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This is Mann's third book, the other two being: Holly Mann, Not Holly Mann and How to Build a Girl You'll Love. You can get her in-depth interviews and articles right here at The Daily Bell.
The post This Woman Has Gone Through Genuine Experiences to Write Her Brand New Book ... And It's Free Online Right Here was originally published on The Daily Bell . We encourage you to republish and use this work without attribution for non-commercial purposes.
Amanda Covarrubias is an editor of The Daily Bell, as well as author of Eve Of Destruction: Shattering the Dreams of the American Dream (North American Native).
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